Activity #347: Photograph a nasty crying jag

Argh! A crying infant. It breaks my heart a little every time… I’m going to give him four minutes and then go in there and let him out of the crib for a while.

Ok, but first, I’m going to take his picture. That might piss him off more, but that will work for this assignment.

Snap a picture of a crying fit. Or two. Or one each month. You’ve got lots of pictures of baby being cute. Take a few that will remind you how hard this first year really is. You may feel a little mean doing it… but it will only take a second.

Holy crap. I have just somehow ended up at your blog from who knows where (ah, these long nights of clicking on blog link to blog link to blog link) and I just have to tell you: I am DAMN glad I found you.

I am surrounded by “like-minded” moms in my current city – women for whom I am immensely thankful. But. They tend to be quite intense. Serious. Straight-laced. And teetotalers. (Who knew attachment parenting made you lose your sense of humour?) But oh my. You guys crack me up. I have no idea where you are, but I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt you are somewhere in the Midwest, my beloved long-lost home. I mean, come on – drinking games for the debate? This screams fun. This screams home.

I wish I could attach a picture I have of my son screaming in agony when we put a little hat on his head to go outside when he was in his first month of life. It is priceless. It is captioned “I HATE THIS HAT!”

I totally agree. Take pictures of the other moments in life besides happy baby. You will appreciate it later on in life, and it makes for a much more diverse selection when working on that scrapbook.

Not only did we photograph the worst infant fit ever experienced in our home, but we video taped it! We were just telling our kids about it tonight…and that we’re saving it to play at their wedding. I don’t think they got the humor but we got a little giggle. Again.

We went a step beyond this and made a video montage of a few of our son’s crying jags and funny sounds…very amusing. Can’t wait to embarass him in front of his friends in a few years! You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47QaYKHVda8